The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and American Dental Association have both warned oral health professionals about the continued shortage of nitrous oxide that was initially projected to end in March 2017.

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery has released its “Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults” as an aid to oral health professionals and other clinicians who might be the first to…

Dental conditions, alcohol abuse, and depression were the top reasons for avoidable emergency department visits nationally, according to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study.

Researchers Develop Molecule That Inhibits Caries in a Preclinical Model In a preclinical model, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have created a small molecule that prevents or impedes dental caries by inhibiting…

Grant Supports Study of Gene Mutation That Impedes Normal Tooth Formation The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.7 million grant to scientists at the University of Utah Health to build on their work to identify how the mutated

Dental Treatment Costs Climb Due To Excess Sugar Consumption Consuming too much sugar is proving costly on a global level, according to a joint study that estimates related dental treatment expenses at $172 billion annually. Conducted by…

Oral Microbiome May Help Determine Time of Death In a development that may prove beneficial to forensic efforts, researchers at the University of Girona in Spain report that examining changes in the oral microbiome may help accurately…

Study Examines Whether Number of Teeth Contributes to Morbidity In an effort to answer whether the number of teeth contributes to compression of morbidity, a prospective cohort study has found that individuals with ? 20 teeth have a lower…

A common pathogen associated with periodontal diseases, Porphyromonas gingivalis, may delay conception in women, note scientists from the University of Helsinki in Finland. 

According to research presented at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Conference, additional numbers of children are likely to receive fluoride varnish if it were offered in pediatricians’ offices.